>>105695984 (OP)
Yeah no shit Sherlock, maybe Linus is anti corporation but the Linux community at large isn't.

>>105695984 (OP)
Why didn’t microsoft, apple, meta, cloudlfare, a bunch of hosting companies become sponsors too? They also rely on linux for their business.

>>105695984 (OP)
amazingly to see people shitting on Red Hat when it comes to linux when the whole kernel itself is heavily influenced by even worse corpos.

>>105698668
red hat brought use Poettering and ebussy

>>105695984 (OP)
GPLfags said this wouldn't happen if we used their license. Guess we'll have to wait for Hurd.

>>105698680
>Poettering and ebussy
two huge faggots indeed

>>105696596
No worries. All those companies pay membership to the Linux Foundation.
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/members
>>105698668
Indeed, the kernel literally has closed source firmware blobs.

>>105698897
"the" kernel doesnt, yours probably does, or "the" kernel wont boot on your machine
and there is only two people to blame, the manufacturer of your hardware and you for supporting them

>>105695984 (OP)
it's bleakly hilarious that people think they're sticking it to the man by using this slop instead of the competing corporate slop

>>105699253
What's the competing open source kernel with widespread driver support? I like to try everything.

>>105699253
the real cuck license is GPL in that the cucked are corporations

>>105699276
you live in the worst of all possible worlds, you cannot stick it to the man. the man owns all the sticks.

>>105699565
And then he gives them to me for free under a free license. I don't understand what the downside of this for me is.

>>105698668
Turns out people care about the specifics instead of just saying "corpo bad" and ending all thought.
google's ill behavior tends to revolve around trying to wall off their own code from the gpl, memeing people into using weaker licenses, etc.
redhat's involves throwing their weight around as much as possible to force their own ideas on the whole community

But is free

>>105699276
That's the issue, having open source software is not much if hardware isn't as open. Hardware manufacturers who open all of their schematics and licenses will go broke in an instant.

>>105702598
thats why i avoid ngreedia

>>105703225
>He thinks AMD hardware is open source

how can you open source a hardware kek

>>105703271
By publicly sharing its design and not registering with a restricting license or patent.

>>105703271
>t. retard

>>105696530
it's the opposite

>>105695984 (OP)
Most of the meaninful development in the Linux sphere was and is done by corporations like Red Hat, or sponsored by corporations like Google. Google also contributes to Debian and whatever, Intel makes sure their drivers are quickly added to the kernel, etc. Even the major strides Linux is taking into the gaming world are the result of Valve swinging their dick.

If there was no corporate presence in Linux, it would be an absurd joke. Take it for granted that you can use this shit for free. Linux is fucking incredible for something that is fully free.

>>105696596
Microsoft has Windows server.
Apple uses FreeBSD

>>105705296
Brother, Linus is quite literally a card-holding communist.

>>105706320
all shareware fags are spiritually Marxist.